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Texts -- Hosea 13:1-5 (NET)

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Baal Worshipers and Calf Worshipers to be Destroyed
13:1 When Ephraim spoke , there was terror ; he was exalted in Israel , but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died . 13:2 Even now they persist in sin ! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver ; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen ! There is a saying about them : “Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers !” 13:3 Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist , like early morning dew that evaporates , like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor , like smoke that disappears through an open window .
Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals
13:4 But I am the Lord your God , who brought you out of Egypt . Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me; except me there is no Savior . 13:5 I cared for you in the wilderness , in the dry desert where no water was .

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  • Hos 13:1-3 -- Baal Worshipers and Calf Worshipers to be Destroyed
  • Hos 13:4-8 -- Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals

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